arXiv:2602.21503cs.CV2026-02AAAI

针对同卵双胞胎人脸识别难题,提出新型注意力网络提升识别准确率。

AHAN: Asymmetric Hierarchical Attention Network for Identical Twin Face Verification

  • 设计分层交叉注意力模块,多尺度分析面部语义区域。
  • 引入面部不对称注意力机制,捕捉双胞胎间细微差异特征。
  • 训练时以孪生兄弟为最难干扰项,强化个体特异性学习。

同卵双胞胎人脸识别是极细粒度识别挑战,现有方法在标准数据集上准确率超99.8%,但在区分双胞胎时骤降至88.9%,暴露出生物特征安全系统的严重漏洞。其难点在于学习能捕捉非遗传性微小差异的特征。本文提出不对称分层注意力网络(AHAN),通过多粒度面部分析解决该问题。AHAN引入分层交叉注意力(HCA)模块,对语义面部区域进行多尺度分析,实现最优分辨率下的专项处理。进一步提出面部不对称注意力模块(FAAM),通过左右半脸间的交叉注意力计算,捕捉即使在双胞胎间也存在的细微不对称模式。为确保网络学习真正具个体性的特征,提出仅用于训练的孪生感知成对交叉注意力(TA-PWCA)正则化策略,以每个主体的孪生兄弟作为最困难的干扰项。在ND_TWIN数据集上的大量实验表明,AHAN达到92.3%的双胞胎验证准确率,较现有最佳方法提升3.4%。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Identical twin face verification represents an extreme fine-grained recognition challenge where even state-of-the-art systems fail due to overwhelming genetic similarity. Current face recognition methods achieve over 99.8% accuracy on standard benchmarks but drop dramatically to 88.9% when distinguishing identical twins, exposing critical vulnerabilities in biometric security systems. The difficulty lies in learning features that capture subtle, non-genetic variations that uniquely identify individuals. We propose the Asymmetric Hierarchical Attention Network (AHAN), a novel architecture specifically designed for this challenge through multi-granularity facial analysis. AHAN introduces a Hierarchical Cross-Attention (HCA) module that performs multi-scale analysis on semantic facial regions, enabling specialized processing at optimal resolutions. We further propose a Facial Asymmetry Attention Module (FAAM) that learns unique biometric signatures by computing cross-attention between left and right facial halves, capturing subtle asymmetric patterns that differ even between twins. To ensure the network learns truly individuating features, we introduce Twin-Aware Pair-Wise Cross-Attention (TA-PWCA), a training-only regularization strategy that uses each subject's own twin as the hardest possible distractor. Extensive experiments on the ND_TWIN dataset demonstrate that AHAN achieves 92.3% twin verification accuracy, representing a 3.4% improvement over state-of-the-art methods.

人脸识别双胞胎识别注意力机制生物特征安全

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